Lemon Rasam
By: Mythreyi Dilip
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




1/4 cup Lemon juice
1 pch Turmeric
1/8 teaspoon Mustard seeds
1 Long dried red chile, broken in two
1 teaspoon Butter
1 small Piece asafetida
Salt, to taste
1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds
1/2 teaspoon Coriander seeds
6 Black peppercorns

Preparation

1 Powder set 1 and keep aside. 2 Heat butter in a skillet and when butter has melted add dry red chile and mustard seeds. When mustard seeds start to pop add asafetida, coriander leaves and curry leaves. 3 Fry for two minutes and then add 4 cups of water, salt, powdered set 1 and turmeric. 4 Boil for 15 minutes on medium heat. Remove from heat and add lemon juice.

About


South Indian meals consist of several courses. At the end of meal "Rasam" is served. It helps greatly in digestion process. So whenever you have a heavy meal, at the end drink a cup of Rasam!